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Table 3 Females: non-communicable disease and risk factors by age group, 25 to 64 years in Viseisei and Fiji

From: Absolute cardiovascular risk in a Fiji medical zone

NCD and risk factors

Means and prevalences with 95 % confidence intervals

Age specific data and trend by age group

Age std to: 2007 census

1996 census

Viseisei 2012 survey

Fiji 2011*

Fiji 2002*

25–34 yrs

35–44 yrs

45–54 yrs

55–64 yrs

Age: linear trend‡‡

25–64 std#

25–64 std

25–64 std

(n = 319)

(n = 298)

(n = 316)

(n = 240)

(n = 1173)

(n = 1050)

(n = 2019)

Daily smoker %

7.7

10.4

3.9

4.0

0.75 (p = 0.004)

8.8

5.9

4.5

5.1–10.2

7.3–13.5

2.0–5.7

1.8–6.3

7.1–10.5

4.3–7.4

3.8–5.2

Excessive alcohol %

10.4

7.9

1.2

1.3

0.45 (p < 0.0001)

7.6

2.8

7.4–13.3

5.1–10.6

0.2–2.3

0.0–2.7

6.0–9.2

1.8–3.8

Low fruit & vegetable %

63.1

66.6

66.5

74.2

1.16 (p = 0.005)

68.7

43.6

58.5–67.7

61.8–71.4

61.9–71.1

69.2–79.2

66.3–71.2

40.5–46.6

Mean BMI kg/m2

27.0

29.1

28.6

29.0

0.56 (p = 0.0005)

28.9

29.3

28.0

26.3–27.7

28.5–29.8

27.9–29.3

28.3–29.6

28.6–29.3

28.9–29.7

27.8–28.3

BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 %

52.0

69.6

62.7

71.0

1.20 (p = 0.0006)

69.2

74.8

68.0

47.2–56.8

64.9–74.3

58.0–67.4

65.9–76.2

66.7–71.6

72.4–77.3

66.2–69.8

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 %

28.1

41.4

37.1

39.7

1.15 (p = 0.006)

39.9

41.7

33.5

23.6–32.6

36.3–46.5

32.4–41.8

34.0–45.3

37.1–42.6

39.0–44.4

31.8–35.3

Mean waist cm

87.1

92.2

92.2

94.7

2.31 (p < 0.000)

92.5

92.8

87.1

85.6–88.6

90.8–93.7

90.8–93.5

93.2–96.2

91.6–93.3

91.8–93.8

86.6–87.6

High waist %

46.4

63.0

60.1

68.0

1.30 (p < 0.0001)

61.9

63.6

47.3

41.4–51.3

58.0–68.0

55.4–64.9

62.7–73.4

59.3–64.6

60.7–66.5

45.4–49.2

Mean waist:hip

0.84

0.86

0.87

0.89

0.02 (p < 0.0001)

0.86

0.89

0.86

0.83–0.85

0.85–0.86

0.86–0.88

0.88–0.90

0.86–0.87

0.88–0.89)

0.86–0.87

High§ waist:hip %

46.6

54.2

64.4

72.9

1.46 (p < 0.0001)

58.8

72.9

54.8

41.6–51.6

49.0–59.4

59.7–69.0

67.7–78.0

56.1–61.5

70.3–75.6

52.9–56.7

Mean SBP mmHg

117

126

139

152

11.6 (p < 0.0001)

130.2

129

125

116–118

124–128

136–141

149–155

129–132

128–131

124–126

Mean DBP mmHg

76.3

81.5

85.2

89.9

4.46 (p < 0.0001)

82.2

80.5

74.4

75.3–77.3

80.3–82.8

83.9–86.5

88.4–91.5

81.5–82.9

79.8–81.3

73.9–74.9

HT (%)

10.0

27.1

47.9

74.3

2.88 (p < 0.0001)

33.7

33.3

20.0

7.0–12.9

22.5–31.7

43.0–52.8

69.3–79.3

31.2–36.2

30.4–36.1

18.6–21.5

Mean FBG mmol/L

5.4

6.1

7.2

6.9

0.59 (p < 0.0001)

6.2

6.4

6.4

5.3–5.6

5.8–6.3

6.9–7.6

6.6–7.2

6.1–6.3

6.2–6.6

6.2–6.2

Diabetes % **

5.3

14.5

30.5

33.7

1.98 (p < 0.0001)

17.3

16.7

16.6

3.1–7.6

10.8–18.2

25.9–35.0

28.2–39.1

15.3–19.3

14.5–18.9

14.6–18.6

Mean chol mmol/L

4.3

4.7

5.2

5.5

0.42 (p < 0.0001)

4.8

5.1

4.2–4.5

4.5–4.8

5.1–5.3

5.4–5.7

4.7–4.9

 

5.0–5.1

High chol % ††

5.3

11.4

21.2

29.7

1.92 (p < 0.0001)

14.7

3.1–7.6

8.0–14.7

17.2–25.2

24.4–34.9

12.8–16.6

  1. Fiji data from WHO STEPS surveys 2002 [Fiji MoH, Fiji NCD STEPS Survey 2002 unit record data supplied 2014, unpublished] and 2011 [Fiji MoH, Fiji NCD STEPS Survey 2011 unit record data supplied 2014, unpublished]. Prevalence or mean with 95 % confidence intervals. Statistically significant linear trend p < 0.05 are in bold
  2. BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, SBP systolic BP, DBP diastolic BP, HT hypertension, FBG fasting plasma glucose, chol total plasma cholesterol
  3. ‡‡Linear trend represents average change in odds ratio between age groups for prevalence estimates and average change in measurement between age groups for mean estimates. ║Waist circumference >88 cm for females. § Waist to hip ratio ≥0.85 for females
  4. Std *Standardised for age and ethnicity to Fiji 2007 census population [4]; ‡Standardised for age, ethnicity and rural/urban locality to Fiji 2007 census population [4, Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics. Fiji Census 2007: Population table by sex, age, ethnicity, urban/rural: supplied 2014, unpublished]. †Standardised for age, ethnicity and rural/urban locality to Fiji 1996 census population [15]; ¶ Systolic BP ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg and/or on medication for HT
  5. **Viseisei 2012 and Fiji STEPS 2011 [Fiji MoH, Fiji NCD STEPS Survey 2011 unit record data supplied 2014, unpublished]: FPG ≥7.0 mmol/L and/or on medication for diabetes; Fiji STEPS 2002 [Fiji MoH, Fiji NCD STEPS Survey 2002 unit record data supplied 2014, unpublished]: FBG ≥6.1 mmol/L and/or on medication for diabetes. ††Total cholesterol level ≥5.0 mmol/L and/or on medication for high cholesterol